has role protective antigen role protective antigen Leishmania major protein LACK Oliver He Protegen ID: 734; NCBI Nucleotide GI: 1276476; NCBI Protein GI: 1276477; NCBI Protein Accession: AAA97577.1; NCBITaxon: 5664 protein Researchers evaluated the potency of different DNA vaccine candidates in BALB/c mice using high dose footpad parasite challenge. A truncated portion of the LACK antigen (LACKp24) was able to induce the highest protective effect compared to other constructs. The DNA vaccine encoding LACK was able to induce partial protection in mice [PubMed: 18951941]. Allen Xiang